Someone is trying to kill Lila Hilliard. During the
Christmas holidays she returns from running errands to find
her family home in flames, her father and brother trapped
inside. Later, she is attacked by a mysterious man on a
motorcycle. . . and the threats don’t end there.
As Lila desperately tries to piece together who is after her
and why, she uncovers information about her father’s past in
Chicago during the volatile days of the late 1960s . . .
information he never shared with her, but now threatens to
destroy her.
Part thriller, part historical novel, and part love story,
Set the Night on Fire paints an unforgettable portrait of
Chicago during a turbulent time: the riots at the Democratic
Convention . . . the struggle for power between the Black
Panthers and SDS . . . and a group of young idealists who
tried to change the world.